Betty Jo Buly was born August 21, 1926 in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina. She passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020 at the Peyton Hospice House in Lewisburg. She was the third child of Henry and Hallie Ramsey Perkins. At an early age, her family moved to Pocahontas County, WV. Her childhood was spent on the family farm where she learned to love and care for wildlife and animals. Betty attended schools in Pocahontas County. Until it closed, she walked 3 miles each way to Williams River School. After graduation from Marlinton High School in 1945, she went to Washington, DC and worked with the FBI under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover for 4 years. An enthusiastic hiker and mountain climber, she completed the entire 77 mile length of the Greenbrier River Trail, and climbed Mt. Washington, the tallest in the White Mountain Range of New Hampshire. Betty was an original member of the Pocahontas County Humane Society and gave loving homes to many orphan cats and dogs. Betty attended Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro, WV. Before moving back to Pocahontas County, Betty was a member of Wilton Congregational Church in Wilton, Connecticut. She lived in Wilton for 30 years before returning to her farm on Russell Scott Road near Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Hallie Perkins, sister Maureen "Perk" Herold and an infant brother. She is survived by her husband of 71 years, John, and her sons, John Steven of Hillsboro, and Philip of Bellingham, Washington. She has three grandchildren- Halina Buly of Washington, and Alex and Hannah Buly of Hillsboro. She is also survived by a sister, Mary Lou Smith, of Hillsboro. Betty was very proud of her work for the-Multiple Sclerosis Society. She raised funds for the annual Multiple Sclerosis Society bicycle ride in Pocahontas County. It was her request to be cremated and her ashes tossed to the wind over the Williams River area. Memorials may be made to the Pocahontas County Humane Society or the local animal shelter. Online condolences may be made at Lantzfuneralhome.com